Endowed Chairs

An endowed chair is a generous commitment by a donor that enables the hospital to attract and retain the best specialists in a field of pediatric medicine. When someone at Children’s Colorado is awarded a named chair, it is a prestigious honor reserved for the most distinguished scientists, clinicians, academicians and leaders. An endowed chair recognizes and promotes excellence in pediatric health care and signifies the hospital’s commitment and a donor’s interest to support that work for the long term.

Endowed Chairs may be established with a gift of $2.5 million or more.

Learn more about Endowments at Children’s Colorado.

Endowed Chair impact and legacy

Thank you to our Endowed Chair donors

Dr. David R. and Kiku Akers Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Chairholder: Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP

The Jules Amer Chair in Community Pediatrics
Chairholder: Edwin Asturias, MD

Ed and Roxanne Fie Anderson Family Endowed Chair for Breathing
Chairholder: Robin Deterding, MD

The Anschutz Chair for Clinical Excellence in Pediatric Mental Health
Chairholder: Sandra Fritsch, MD

The Anschutz Chair in Perinatal Mental Health
Chairholder: Celeste St. John-Larkin, MD

The Asher Accurso Endowed Chair for Cystic Fibrosis
Chairholder: Scott Sagel, MD, PhD

The Barton Family Endowed Chair for Bone Marrow Transplant
Chairholder: Michael Verneris, MD

The Barton-Elliman Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chairholder: James Jaggers, MD

The Frederick C. Battaglia Endowed Chair in Neonatology
Chairholder: Paul Rozance, MD

Dr. Dori Biester Chair in Pediatric Nursing
Chairholder: Patricia Givens, DHA, EdM, RN, NEA-BC   

Rose Brown Chair in Pediatric Orthopedics
Chairholder: Klane K. White, MD, MSc

L. Joseph Butterfield Chair in Pediatrics
Chairholder: Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD

Colorado Firefighters Endowed Chair in Burn and Trauma Care
Chairholder: Steven Moulton, MD

The Stephen Berman, MD Endowed Chair in General Pediatrics
Chairholder: Chris Stille, MD, MPH/MSPH

Children’s Hospital Colorado Chair in Pediatric Nursing
Chairholder: Currently Unfilled

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals/Helppie Family Chair in Orthopaedic Movement Analysis
Chairholder: Currently Unfilled

Robert J. and Kathleen A. Clark Endowed Chair for Pediatric Cancer Therapeutics
Chairholder: Maureen M. O’Brien, MD, MS

Delta Dental of Colorado Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oral Health
Chairholder: Katherine L. Chin, DDS, MS

The Ergen Family Endowed Chair 
Chairholder: Allison Kempe, MD

The Ergen Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer
Chairholder: Lia Gore, MD

Family Wellness Chair in the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Chairholder: Robert Casey, PhD

Fischahs Chair in Pediatric Rehabilitation
Chairholder: Susan Apkon, MD

Dr. Nicholas Foreman Endowed Chair for Neuro-Oncology Research
Chairholder: Rajeev Vibhakar, MD

The Dale, Cindy and Kristin Francescon Endowed Chair for Headache Treatment
Chairholder: Marcy Yonker, MD

Dale and Cindy Francescon Family Endowed Chair for Mood Disorders
Chairholder: Jessica Hawks, PhD

Haberfeld Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders
Chairholder: Julie Parsons, MD

The Cannon Y. and Lyndia K. Harvey Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Chairholder: K. Ron-Li Liaw, MD

Hewit/Andrews Chair in Pediatric Liver Disease
Chairholder: Shikha S. Sundaram, MD MSCI, FAASLD

Hoover Family Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and Innovation
Chairholder: Meg Macy, MD

Hoover Family Endowed Chair for Digestive Health and Nutrition
Chairholder: Edwin de Zoeten, MD, PhD

Daniel Hyman Endowed Chair for Quality and Safety
Chairholder: Lalit Bajaj, MD, MPH

The Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Chair for the Cardiac Research Director
Chairholder: Christian Mosimann, PhD

Kelley Family/Schlessman Family Scottish Rite Masons Chair in Childhood Language Disorders
Chairholder: Kristin Uhler, PhD

Ed and Jeannette Kerr Family Endowed Chair in Endocrinology
Chairholder: Nina Ma, MD

The La Cache Critical Care Endowed Chair
Chairholder: Kurt Stenmark, MD

The La Cache Endowed Chair for Gastrointestinal, Allergic and Immunologic Disease
Chairholder: Glenn Furuta, MD

The McMurry Seebaum Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Chairholder: Michael Handler, MD

Jack Cooper Millisor Endowed Chair in Pediatric Heart Disease
Chairholder: Shelley Miyamoto, MD

The Ponzio Family Chair for Colorectal Surgery
Chairholder: Andrea Bischoff, MD

The Ponzio Family Chair for Pediatric Ophthalmology
Chairholder: Emily McCourt, MD

The Ponzio Family Chair in Pediatric Neurology
Chairholder: Kevin C. Ess, MD, PhD

The Ponzio Family Chair in Pediatric Neurology Research
Chairholder: Tim Benke, MD, PhD

The Ponzio Family Chair in Pediatric Urology
Chairholder: Duncan Wilcox, MD

The Ponzio Family Chair for the Surgeon-in-Chief
Chairholder: Duncan Wilcox, MD

The Postle Family Chair in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders
Chairholder: Patricia Ernst, PhD

Meg F. Rady and Family Chair in Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Chairholder: Max Mitchell, MD

Tanner and Ellie Seebaum Endowed Chair for Palliative Care
Chairholder: Adam B. Hill, MD

Tanner Seebaum & Zachary Tschetter Chair in Neuro-Oncology
Chairholder: Nick Foreman, MD

Selby’s Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
Chairholder: Shelley Miyamoto, MD

The Arnold Silverman, MD Endowed Chair in Digestive Health
Chairholder: Glenn Furuta, MD

The Lenore T. Stoddart – La Cache Endowed Chair in Neonatology
Chairholder: Randy Wilkening, MD

John D. Strain, MD Endowed Chair for Radiology
Chairholder: Sarah Sarvis Milla, MD, FAAP

J.T. Tai Endowed Chair for the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis
Chairholder: James Carollo, PhD

Taplin Endowed Chair for Celiac Disease
Chairholder: Edwin Liu, MD

James Todd and Mimi Glodé Chair for Infectious Disease
Chairholder: Elizabeth McFarland, MD

The Leslie and William Vollbracht Family Chair in Stress and Anxiety Disorders
Chairholder: Benjamin C. Mullin, PhD

The Wagner Family Chair in Childhood Diabetes
Chairholder: Paul Wadwa, MD

Bruce and Bev Wagner Family Endowed Chair for Child Health Research
Chairholder: Ronald J. Sokol, MD

Diane G. Wallach Chair in Pediatric Stem Cell Biology
Chairholder: Bruce Appel, PhD

Cille B. and Ronald W. Williams Endowed Chair in Executive Leadership
Chairholder: Jena Hausmann, CEO and President of Children’s Hospital Colorado 

The Sandy Wolf Chair in Maternal Fetal Surgery
Chairholder: Currently Unfilled